# All Employees: Total Private — Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (NSA)

All Employees: Total Private — Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (NSA) was down 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 4,205.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.5% (Apr 2020) to 10.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (441 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/all-employees-total-private-chicago-naperville-elgin-il-in-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 4,205.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 4,231.9 thousands | −0.2 |
| July 2026 | 4,260.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| June 2026 | 4,243.0 thousands | 0.01 |
| May 2026 | 4,200.5 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2026 | 4,167.2 thousands | −0.10 |
| March 2026 | 4,124.2 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2026 | 4,101.9 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2026 | 4,108.4 thousands | −0.05 |
| December 2025 | 4,216.8 thousands | 0.08 |
| November 2025 | 4,216.1 thousands | −0.2 |
| October 2025 | 4,223.8 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2025 | 4,213.7 thousands | 0.1 |
| August 2025 | 4,241.8 thousands | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 4,251.5 thousands | 0.6 |
| June 2025 | 4,242.6 thousands | 0.4 |
| May 2025 | 4,212.8 thousands | 0.7 |
| April 2025 | 4,171.3 thousands | 0.6 |
| March 2025 | 4,133.7 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 4,115.1 thousands | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 4,110.4 thousands | 0.7 |
| December 2024 | 4,213.3 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 4,223.9 thousands | 0.4 |
| October 2024 | 4,215.3 thousands | 0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-16980.PAYEMS.M.NSA.IND-05000000",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```